The Effect of Remote Learning on College Students

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211220.248How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Effect of Remote Learning; College Students; Covid-19

Abstract

The effects of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are being felt in different sectors. Apart from being a life-threatening virus that has killed many people, COVID-19 has significantly disrupted the education sector. Guided by the containment measures adopted by different countries to reduce the spread of this killer pandemic, many learning institutions have suspended in-person studies, and lessons are now being offered on various online platforms. Despite being vital in reducing the spread of COVID-19, shifting to remote learning has had its fair share of pros and cons. The adoption of the new curriculum instruction techniques caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 has created new schedules, changed the interaction among college students, and led to the adoption of new testing strategies. In effect, this paper examined literature from the current empirical studies to determine the pros and cons of online learning on college students. Results from this review indicated that remote learning has been advantageous because it saves time, is more flexible, has reduced anxieties among students, and has enabled students to develop greater problem-solving skills. On the contrary, the literature reviewed in this paper indicated that remote learning is disadvantageous because it has eliminated psychical interaction, thus leading to boring classes. Additionally, remote learning has been problematic to some professors who are not conversant with modern technology and has been affected by constant destruction. Regardless of these negative effects of remove learning, the research concluded that remote learning remains the only workable teaching and learning methodology in the COVID-19 era.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yuwei Chen
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/24
TI  - The Effect of Remote Learning on College Students
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1474
EP  - 1477
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211220.248
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.248
ID  - Chen2021
ER  -